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G. BRINTON.

GAN on VESSEL. No. 529,677. Patented Nov. 20,1894.

1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE ERINTON, or HAREISBURG, PENNsYLvANmfAssIeNOR OE ONE- HALE 'roJAMES E. BAILEY, OE SAME PLACE.

CAN O'R VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 529,677, dated-November 20, 1894. Application iiled April 4, 1893. Renewed Septemberl0, 1894. Serial No, 522,597. (No model.)

To ZZw/lwm it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE BRINTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in animproved Can or Vessel, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the ac-v companying drawings.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture, and consists ofan improved can or vessel, principally used for baking-powder, spices,&c.; and its peculiarities will be hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings on which like reference letters indicatecorresponding parts: Figure l, represents a vertical sectional vew of myimproved can or vessel, with a label applied thereto; and Fig. 2, a sideellevation of the same, the label also being app ied.

It'may be stated that there are two essential features which myinvention has in view: one

is the provision, by a peculiar form of con-y struction, of a perfectlyflush exterior surface between the body of the c an or Vessel and itscover with the incidental provision of stiifening the upper end of thecan or vessel to pre`V vent external and accidental pressure fromcausing it to collapse more or less; and the other is the shortening ofthe vertical measurement of the can or vessel proper, yet withoutreducing its interior size or capacity, and to also at the same timerender the can devoid of any lateral projections or beads which willinterfere with the exterior uniformity of surface and occupy space inpacking.

. With these objects in view my invention will be fully understood bythe following de-` tailed description.

The letter A designates the bodyof a can or vessel constructed of thinsheet material. A suitable distance below its upper end it is contractedin diameter by compressing its walls inward, to such a degree that theexternal diameter of the reduced belt C is as much less than theexternal diameter of the body portion proper as the thickness of thewall. This results in the two rst named objects being accomplished,namely: making the excapacity.

i Vterior surface of the cover B flush with the exterior surface of thebody, and incidentally strengthening the upper end of the body byy 4ondown the entire can body, as will appear from the description of thenext feature of the invention. Referring now to the lower end of the canor vessel it willbe seen that the usual projecting bead or ridge formedby the seam between the body of the can and the bottom of it is entirelyomitted and avoided. Instead thereof the exterior surface is uniform andflush from end to end, including the cover.

The letter E designates au inwardly turned portion of the body, uponwhich is placed the bottom, F. By solder or otherwise the joint is madeperfectly tight and the two parts fixed together so that the bottombecomes in effect a part of the can body. It is noticeable that thedistance between the lower side of the bottom and the lowest part of thecan is only equal to the thickness of the material, and thereby thevertical height of the can proper, measured upon the outside, is reducedto the minimum, yet without reducing the-interior In the manufacture ofarticles of this kind these details are of important consideration foreconomy of space occupied by large numbers of such cans or vessels inpacking boxes, interior capacity for containing goods, and all and everykind of excess in material and cost all enter into the problem of rapidand economic production, compact and cheap shipment, dro. uniformexterior, in which all of the parts are iiush for the convenience andfeasibility of applying the wrapper orlabel, is of first importance.This wrapper or label, as suggested in the description of Fig. 1, above,is applied to the can and cover by wrapping it around them, it beingpreferred that the wrapper or label shall be of such length that itsends will Besides this a perfectly meet when the can and cover arecompletely incased. It will be observed from the drawings that thewrapper or label is devoid of irregularities, uneven ness or creases andthat it takes in the cover as Well as the body of the can, there being;-no single bead or projection exlzending exteriorly from any part of theartic e.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, the herein described sealable canor vessel, the same consisting of a cover of uniform exterior diameterand devoid of beads or projections, abody of thin material the upper endof which is contracted to form a reduced belt, the cover fitted oversaid belt with its entire exterior Ilush with the entire exterior of thebody, the lower end of the body being turned inward and a bottom properfitted within the body and upon such turned-in portion, and alabel-Wrapper covering the can and cover on their uniform outside orexterior surface, the' GEORGE BRINTON.

Witnesses:

WM. H. SHERTZER, GEORGE W. LIESMANN.

